Event

When a new year starts, it is time for thinking about development, making plans, and forming pious intentions. Maybe we consider a better personal development in our jobs, where to go for summer holiday and to start running when the weather is better – really! But last week, we did not only focus on our private plans, but mainly about how we can shape the future of ELFIN. We took a day off daily business and had a conference in the center of our beautiful city.

December has come, the time of the year when we are finally officially allowed to look forward to Christmas. And we do – we could jump into the air out of excitement. And that’s exactly what we did. On 8th December, we had our Christmas party at JumpHouse Cologne. 90 minutes full of coordination, exercises and of course fun, fun and fun followed our arrival. Having to decide between three Dutch ball fields, a parkour, a balance beam, and different trampoline attractions, boring was not a word we used this afternoon.

On the 24th September it was not only time to decide about the future of Germany, but also once again time to run the #ZeroHungerRun in Bonn, Rheinaue. The run was organized by the Welthungerhilfe and the entry charge completely supports their projects. The members fight against hunger and poverty worldwide and work for the UN goal zero hunger until 2030.

Annually, about a third of all food produced globally for human consumption is wasted, which harms the environment, the economy and also the people being in need for something to eat. We at ELFIN want to fight for the reduction of food waste and have already started.

As the first ELFIN table soccer tournament has been carried out so successfully, we decided to repeat it once again, and it has been worth it! Starting very calm and cozy, the players enjoyed some pizza and cool drinks as a refreshment to have a good start in the tournament. Showing an enthusiasm worth a real world championship, the players competed in the tournament and fought for every ball and goal. In a tough fought final, a new team was able to replace the present champion and could happily carry home the gold medal.

We will hold an exhibition together with SafeLine Germany with the aim to present all current products. Lift Manufacturers, specialist planners and lift system operators are invited to come and meet with us in Schwelm on 31th of January 2017.

Year after year, St. Nicholas visits to give us a foretaste of Christmas and presents us with a few little things to create a festive mood. Here, at our company, St. Nicholas visited too this night and surprised the employees with a chocolate St. Nicholas on each desk. Everyone was smiling and had a wonderful start into the day. Therefore, we wish everyone a St. Nicholas day as wonderful as we had and a cosy and festive Christmas time!

Last week, on the 9th of October 2016, the #ZeroHungerRun took place in Bonn, Rheinaue. Organized by the Welthungerhilfe, an independent organization whose members continuously fight worldwide against hunger and poverty, the event motivated more than 1.300 volunteers to run 5 or 10 km to support the campaign.

Again the annual ELFIN summer event took place under sporting conditions and highest performance and technique was required. As a proper summer party should be, we celebrated at the lake and tried to practice waterskiing in Langenfeld. For many of us it was the first time, wherefore it was not surprising that not only the drinks were refreshing, but also several baths in the lake. Those who wanted could also give the wakeboard a try. At the see house, between beach bar and cableways, the day could then end with great atmosphere.

ELFIN GmbH was represented as an exhibitor at this years 33rd Heilbronn Lift Conference thematising "Lift Innovations" again. Particularly our flexyPage displays became a lot of attention and interest.

For the first time we were able to present our new Universal Gateway LCL­01 that enables a protocol conversation between several interfaces such as CAN, LIN, RS232, RS485, USB and LAN. A SKD will be provided therefore in April, which lets developers come up with customer-specific applications.

On March 04, highly motivated teams met in the kicker kitchen at Siegenburger Straße to participate in our table soccer tournament. 18 ELFINler have been present, whom had fun playing on and next to the soccer table in keeping with the motto ”fun and performance”. Strengthened by pizza, the teams of two achieved sensational results. At the end there were even winners from each of our departments!

We are pleased about our great team at ELFIN and look forward to many more events and wins.

The worldwide biggest lift technology trade fair took place once again in Augsburg from the 13th of October to the 16th. ELFIN participated the second time and the representatives Jörg Hellmich and Leon Dokkum offered consultancy services concerning all questions about the standard CANopen-Lift and flexyPage.

The doors of Interlift 2015, the biggest exhibition of the elevator industry, will open in a few days. ELFIN will be there once again. You will find us in Hall 5 at the booth 5140 of CAN in Automation. We will inform interested visitors about the CANopen standard. And of course we will bring our flexyPage displays with us. It would be a pleasure to present the possibilities of our new TFT displays and discuss your requirements.